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Car hire in Utah
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Sven Golly typed: "Michael Dart" wrote in : How reliable are the busses for getting up the Cottonwoods in bad weather? More reliable than 2wd cars but not as reliable as 4x4. Seems to me if the canyons are open but subject to 4x4 or chains required, the busses still run 80% of the time. That's good to know, thanks! Mike |
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Car hire in Utah
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pigo typed: "Michael Dart" wrote in message ... In , pigo typed: "Alan Rowland" wrote in message ... I'm planning my first ski trip from the UK to the US, staying in Salt Lake City from Mar3-17, and driving to all the local resorts, and I'm about to organise a hire car. I have a couple of questions: do I need a 4wd or snow chains? And which hire companies (based at the airport) would you reccommend for low cost? Thanks, Al My bil might be here about that time from Coventry. I would get 4wd if you are coming here to ski the crap out of it. If you can take not getting up if we get nailed it's not necessary. The other option would be to take the bus up if we get nailed. 2wd will almost always get you to the bus stop at the bottom of the canyon. Personally? The few extra bucks are worth it. The few thousand extra I pay for a 4wd truck is justified the first time I push the button and don't have to get out and dig or push. But budget is a consideration. If it takes 2wd to be able to afford the trip, it's doable. Look me up when it gets close. We'll go have a warm one. pigo How reliable are the busses for getting up the Cottonwoods in bad weather? I'm going to be out there about the same time Mar 7-12. there is a bus stop right in front of the hotel we're staying at in Midvale. The cars, Pontiac Sunfires, we rented last year barely made it up there on sunny days. I don't use them but my sense is that if traffic is going they are going. They might get crowded in those conditions. That's true. Thanks. snip See you in March! Hope to. Mike |
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Alan Rowland wrote:
I'm planning my first ski trip from the UK to the US, staying in Salt Lake City from Mar3-17, and driving to all the local resorts, and I'm about to organise a hire car. I have a couple of questions: do I need a 4wd or snow chains? And which hire companies (based at the airport) would you reccommend for low cost? Thanks, The important question to ask is "why are you going to Utah?" There seems to be two standard answers: 1) To ski the bottomless powder after a legendary Wasach dump. 2) To get in some enjoyable skiing in the mountains. If you're going for the first reason, be ready to be disappointed, 'cause powder dumps are not guaranteed. But if you're looking for powder you need to do everything you can to be able to take advantage of a dump if it does happen. That means staying at the resort, or at least 4WD+chains. If you're going for the second reason (which is most of us, whether we're willing to admit it or not) any standard rental car that holds your gear should suffice. If LCC/BCC is impassible, you can still probably drive around to Park City and ski one of the three resorts there. Or take the bus up the mountain. Your chances of bagging powder will be greatly diminished, but most likely you'll still be able to ski. So it really depends on what you're there to do. I'd feel pretty stupid if I crossed an ocean looking to ski powder only to be stopped 15 miles short because I was too cheap to pop the extra $100 for 4WD. Personally, I don't bother with 4WD since I could give a rat's ass about powder, and I try to watch my ski budget so that I can maximize the number of days I get out on the slopes. YMMV. And if you do rent 4WD, please remember that it doesn't make you invincible. 4WD will help you get moving again if you stop in an unfortunate place, but it isn't that much better at holding the road than a front wheel drive car. On snowy days the ditches are full of cowboys in SUV's and pickup trucks. As for rental car vendors, avoid Dollar at all costs. They'll take your reservation and not have any cars when you get there. Any of the other major companies are pretty acceptable and more or less interchangeable. Avis is the best IMHO, but I'm not willing to pay more than a 10% premium rent from them. Have fun on your vacation. Wish I was going. -- //-Walt // // There is no Volkl conspiracy |
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"Walt" wrote in message ... Alan Rowland wrote: I'm planning my first ski trip from the UK to the US, staying in Salt Lake City from Mar3-17, and driving to all the local resorts, and I'm about to organise a hire car. I have a couple of questions: do I need a 4wd or snow chains? And which hire companies (based at the airport) would you reccommend for low cost? Thanks, The important question to ask is "why are you going to Utah?" There seems to be two standard answers: 1) To ski the bottomless powder after a legendary Wasach dump. 2) To get in some enjoyable skiing in the mountains. If you're going for the first reason, be ready to be disappointed, 'cause powder dumps are not guaranteed. But if you're looking for powder you need to do everything you can to be able to take advantage of a dump if it does happen. That means staying at the resort, or at least 4WD+chains. If you're going for the second reason (which is most of us, whether we're willing to admit it or not) any standard rental car that holds your gear should suffice. If LCC/BCC is impassible, you can still probably drive around to Park City and ski one of the three resorts there. Or take the bus up the mountain. Your chances of bagging powder will be greatly diminished, but most likely you'll still be able to ski. So it really depends on what you're there to do. I'd feel pretty stupid if I crossed an ocean looking to ski powder only to be stopped 15 miles short because I was too cheap to pop the extra $100 for 4WD. Personally, I don't bother with 4WD since I could give a rat's ass about powder, and I try to watch my ski budget so that I can maximize the number of days I get out on the slopes. YMMV. And if you do rent 4WD, please remember that it doesn't make you invincible. 4WD will help you get moving again if you stop in an unfortunate place, but it isn't that much better at holding the road than a front wheel drive car. On snowy days the ditches are full of cowboys in SUV's and pickup trucks. As for rental car vendors, avoid Dollar at all costs. They'll take your reservation and not have any cars when you get there. Any of the other major companies are pretty acceptable and more or less interchangeable. Avis is the best IMHO, but I'm not willing to pay more than a 10% premium rent from them. Have fun on your vacation. Wish I was going. -- //-Walt // // There is no Volkl conspiracy Very good post, expecially the 4x4 part. |
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"Walt" wrote in message ... Alan Rowland wrote: I'm planning my first ski trip from the UK to the US, staying in Salt Lake City from Mar3-17, and driving to all the local resorts, and I'm about to organise a hire car. I have a couple of questions: do I need a 4wd or snow chains? And which hire companies (based at the airport) would you reccommend for low cost? Thanks, The important question to ask is "why are you going to Utah?" There seems to be two standard answers: 1) To ski the bottomless powder after a legendary Wasach dump. 2) To get in some enjoyable skiing in the mountains. If you're going for the first reason, be ready to be disappointed, 'cause powder dumps are not guaranteed. But if you're looking for powder you need to do everything you can to be able to take advantage of a dump if it does happen. That means staying at the resort, or at least 4WD+chains. If you're going for the second reason (which is most of us, whether we're willing to admit it or not) any standard rental car that holds your gear should suffice. If LCC/BCC is impassible, you can still probably drive around to Park City and ski one of the three resorts there. Or take the bus up the mountain. Your chances of bagging powder will be greatly diminished, but most likely you'll still be able to ski. So it really depends on what you're there to do. I'd feel pretty stupid if I crossed an ocean looking to ski powder only to be stopped 15 miles short because I was too cheap to pop the extra $100 for 4WD. Personally, I don't bother with 4WD since I could give a rat's ass about powder, and I try to watch my ski budget so that I can maximize the number of days I get out on the slopes. YMMV. And if you do rent 4WD, please remember that it doesn't make you invincible. 4WD will help you get moving again if you stop in an unfortunate place, but it isn't that much better at holding the road than a front wheel drive car. On snowy days the ditches are full of cowboys in SUV's and pickup trucks. As for rental car vendors, avoid Dollar at all costs. They'll take your reservation and not have any cars when you get there. Any of the other major companies are pretty acceptable and more or less interchangeable. Avis is the best IMHO, but I'm not willing to pay more than a 10% premium rent from them. Have fun on your vacation. Wish I was going. -- //-Walt // // There is no Volkl conspiracy Other people drive too fast no matter what conditions http://tv.ksl.com/index.php?nid=5&sid=69092 |
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Car hire in Utah
"pigo" wrote in message ... "Alan Rowland" wrote in message ... I'm planning my first ski trip from the UK to the US, staying in Salt Lake City from Mar3-17, and driving to all the local resorts, and I'm about to organise a hire car. I have a couple of questions: do I need a 4wd or snow chains? And which hire companies (based at the airport) would you reccommend for low cost? Thanks, Al My bil might be here about that time from Coventry. I would get 4wd if you are coming here to ski the crap out of it. If you can take not getting up if we get nailed it's not necessary. The other option would be to take the bus up if we get nailed. 2wd will almost always get you to the bus stop at the bottom of the canyon. Personally? The few extra bucks are worth it. The few thousand extra I pay for a 4wd truck is justified the first time I push the button and don't have to get out and dig or push. But budget is a consideration. If it takes 2wd to be able to afford the trip, it's doable. Look me up when it gets close. We'll go have a warm one. pigo Do you really think a 4wd is that important that late in the year? We will be there the following week, March 18 thru 24, and the difference between a 4wd and a full size Fwd is huge, price wise. $233 more at the cheapest place I could find. C. |
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Michael Dart, Asshole
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... You fit right in here, asshole. No objection to false allegations of child molestation, taunting rape survivors, real life felonies, gross defamation. Pigo is your kind of guy, eh? Rsa is your kind of place. No ethics, no morals, no decency. One thing we can count on, always hearing from the pathetic little man with the tiny penis! |
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Car hire in Utah
C. Parker wrote:
Do you really think a 4wd is that important that late in the year? We will be there the following week, March 18 thru 24, and the difference between a 4wd and a full size Fwd is huge, price wise. Alta averages 92 inches of snowfall in March. -- terry morse Palo Alto, CA http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/ |
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Bob Thompson accuses me of his crimes.
scottabe blathered in message
... Unlike this sick ****, I don't stalk in real life. But I am tempted. Too bad that law enforcement doesn't put people in jail for making false allegations, defaming, stalking,a nd harassing. More sick, insane lies from Bob Thompson, Stalker. Hey, coward? Planning on Utah around the end of the month. How about I give YOU a chance to go postal and give YOU a chance to step over the line? Did it five times already. You never showed, like the coward you are. The pathetic little man with the tiny penis strikes again! Yahoo. |
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